🧾 Making Tax Digital Explained

What MTD means in practice for self-employed people and landlords, without the panic wording.

What MTD is

Making Tax Digital is HMRC's move toward digital record-keeping and more frequent updates from taxpayers who currently rely on annual-style processes.

For most people, the big questions are simple: does it apply to me yet? and what records/software do I need?

Who should pay attention

Self-employed people with growing turnover
Landlords with property income
Anyone still using messy spreadsheets or paper records

Even before rules force a switch, getting cleaner records now usually makes tax returns less stressful and less error-prone.